Photograph of the St. Louis Riverfront, circa 1900. The U. S. Snagboat Horatio G. Wright is in the background. Positioned in front of it is the steam tug, Ella St. Clair, which operated on the riverfront from 1898 - 1902. An excursion steamboat and another boat are to the right of the image. Women and children are walking the levee.
The Corwin H. Spencer was originally built as the Anchor Line steamer City of Monroe at Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1887. Badly damaged by the cyclone at St. Louis on May 27, 1896 she was rebuilt into the Hill City. She was 327 feet long, 44 feet beam, and 8.5 feet depth of hold. Purchased by Captain T. B. Sims at a U. S. Marshall sale in January 1898. In 1903 again sold, converted into an excursion boat and renamed the Corwin H. Spencer. She burned just above Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on October 12, 1906.
Side-wheel excursion boat Alton at port. Most days, this steamer ran St. Louis to Six-Mile Island on the Illinois River, stopping both ways at Alton and Chautauqua. One day a week she ran St. Louis to Kampsville, Illinois. Daily evening trips were run at St. Louis. Fourteen governors rode the Alton during the "Roosevelt Parade" in October 1907. (President Theodore Roosevelt rode the Mississippi.)
Side-wheel excursion boat Alton on river. Most days, this steamer ran St. Louis to Six-Mile Island on the Illinois River, stopping both ways at Alton and Chautauqua. One day a week she ran St. Louis to Kampsville, Illinois. Daily evening trips were run at St. Louis. Fourteen governors rode the Alton during the "Roosevelt Parade" in October 1907. (President Theodore Roosevelt rode the Mississippi.)
Side-wheel excursion boat Alton on river. Most days, this steamer ran St. Louis to Six-Mile Island on the Illinois River, stopping both ways at Alton and Chautauqua. One day a week she ran St. Louis to Kampsville, Illinois. Daily evening trips were run at St. Louis. Fourteen governors rode the Alton during the "Roosevelt Parade" in October 1907. (President Theodore Roosevelt rode the Mississippi.)
Side-wheel excursion boat Alton on river. Most days, this steamer ran St. Louis to Six-Mile Island on the Illinois River, stopping both ways at Alton and Chautauqua. One day a week she ran St. Louis to Kampsville, Illinois. Daily evening trips were run at St. Louis. Fourteen governors rode the Alton during the "Roosevelt Parade" in October 1907. (President Theodore Roosevelt rode the Mississippi.)
Side-wheel excursion boat Alton on river. Most days, this steamer ran St. Louis to Six-Mile Island on the Illinois River, stopping both ways at Alton and Chautauqua. One day a week she ran St. Louis to Kampsville, Illinois. Daily evening trips were run at St. Louis. Fourteen governors rode the Alton during the "Roosevelt Parade" in October 1907. (President Theodore Roosevelt rode the Mississippi.)
Side-wheel excursion boat Alton at port. Most days, this steamer ran St. Louis to Six-Mile Island on the Illinois River, stopping both ways at Alton and Chautauqua. One day a week she ran St. Louis to Kampsville, Illinois. Daily evening trips were run at St. Louis. Fourteen governors rode the Alton during the "Roosevelt Parade" in October 1907. (President Theodore Roosevelt rode the Mississippi.)
Side-wheel excursion boat Alton on river. Most days, this steamer ran St. Louis to Six-Mile Island on the Illinois River, stopping both ways at Alton and Chautauqua. One day a week she ran St. Louis to Kampsville, Illinois. Daily evening trips were run at St. Louis. Fourteen governors rode the Alton during the "Roosevelt Parade" in October 1907. (President Theodore Roosevelt rode the Mississippi.)
Side-wheel packet Corwin H. Spencer, which ran excursions out of St. Louis during the 1904 World's Fair. She burned near Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, in October 1905.